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Billy Hallowell

Billy Hallowell

bhallowell@washingtontimes.com

Billy Hallowell is a digital TV host and interviewer for Faithwire and CBN News and the co-host of CBN’s "Quick Start Podcast." Hallowell has written more than 14,000 stories on faith, culture and politics, has interviewed hundreds of celebrities, authors and influencers and is the author of four books, including "Playing with Fire: A Modern Investigation into Demons, Exorcism, and Ghosts," and "The Armageddon Code: One Journalist's Quest for End-Times Answers." He was formerly the director of content and communications at Pure Flix and the former faith and culture editor at TheBlaze.

Articles by Billy Hallowell

This March 19, 2018 file photo shows Amazon's Prime Video streaming app on an iPad in Baltimore. Satan gets top billing in a new adult animated cartoon series launched last week on Amazon Prime. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

Hollywood just opened the door to a culture-shifting phenomenon

One of the biggest mysteries plaguing Hollywood has been the overarching reticence to sufficiently court the faith and family audience, a values-based cohort that has proven itself ravenous for high-caliber content that delivers safe and uplifting entertainment.

February 26, 2025
President Donald Trump, accompanied by Marc Fogel, speaks in the Diplomatic Reception Room at the White House, Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2025, in Washington. (Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump’s shocking ‘truth renaissance’ could change everything

America has undoubtedly been catapulted into a new era, moving at warp speed past vociferous and hate-fueled lies, incessant threats of cancellation and near-constant assaults on free speech. Suddenly, we're navigating newfound and surprising terrain.

February 12, 2025
Volunteers pass out Thanksgiving cards decorated by children in the congregation, during an annual Thanksgiving food giveaway at The Redeemed Christian Church of God New Wine Assembly, Tuesday, Nov. 22, 2022, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) **FILE**

Pastor’s criminal conviction for helping the poor raises major question

Christians are called to be the proverbial "hands and feet of Jesus," feeding, clothing and assisting the less fortunate. Yet legal stalemates between faith-filled ministries and local governments -- quagmires over zoning laws and other preclusions that thwart Christians' efforts to serve the poor and homeless -- are rampant roadblocks to such efforts.

January 29, 2025
Mark Zuckerberg talks about the Orion AR glasses during the Meta Connect conference Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2024, in Menlo Park, Calif. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez)

Did Trump just save free speech?

President-elect Donald Trump has obliterated the progressive megaplex. From the news media to Silicon Valley -- and even comedy -- Mr. Trump's re-ascension is igniting a new era of free speech and freedom that just months ago seemed incomprehensible.

January 8, 2025
Former President Donald Trump speaks during the Faith & Freedom Coalition Policy Conference in Washington, Saturday, June 24, 2023. Large numbers of Americans believe the founders intended the U.S. to be a Christian nation, and such views are especially strong among Republicans and are being voiced by Trump’s supporters. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)

Will Trump save Christianity?

In an era of rampant secularism and cultural tides attempting to wipe away public professions of faith, a second Trump administration offers a new political era of promise for the faithful.

December 24, 2024
Transgender rights supporters rally outside of the Supreme Court, Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

The Supreme Court move that should terrify American parents

Your kids are not your own. That seems to be the message emanating from some of our public school systems, where administrators and leaders create problematic policies that drive a wedge between parents and their children.

December 11, 2024